...lots of beer was perfectly acceptable. I do play music and drink beer while working anyway

So California doesn't have any sort of no-tolerance drug and alcohol policy at work or anything? I'm not trying to be a jerk, I just can't imagine any workplace allowing employees to sit around and drink beer. Not just because of production but because of spills, people under 21 working in the building, and/or the liability of a drunk employee's behavior at work, or if said drunk employee leaves the building and plows into Bambi, Santa Claus, and Mother Theresa while driving home.

I'm just stunned. Sorry, but I am.